Statutory Issues Related to Investigations
USA PATRIOT Act - Amendment Requirements
Orin S. Kerr, Are We Overprotecting Code? Thoughts on First-Generation Internet Law, 57 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1287, 1300 (2000)

Select an item to find more about the requirement.
Authorization
Ongoing Investigation
Reasonable Grounds
Interception Limited to Trespasser
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Given that definition, the PATRIOT Act amendment to the Wiretap Act allows the owner or operator of a system to authorize—NOT consent to, but authorize—persons "acting under color of law to intercept wire or electronic communications of a computer trespasser which are transmitted to, through, or from a protected computer" if four requirements are met. The four requirements are set out here. Select a requirement to learn more. These provisions will sunset December 31, 2005.

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